Mitral valve

Is Increased Mitral Valve Gradient After MitraClip a Long-Term Prognostic Factor?

Transcatheter mitral valve repair using the edge-to-edge strategy has become a therapeutic alternative for patients with severe...

MitraClip Failure: What Should We Do?

Currently, edge-to-edge therapy with MitraClip has demonstrated efficacy and safety for the treatment of patients with degenerative...

New Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines with Key TAVI and Mitral Regurgitation Updates

Valvular heart disease management guidelines were updated last week by the AHA and the ACC.  The last complete...

EuroPCR 2020 | CLASP: New Device for Mitral Repair with at One Year Follow Up

The CLASP looked into patients treated with the new device for transcatheter mitral repair called PASCAL and...

Promising Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Complex Patients

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The risk of repeat surgical mitral valve repair involves 6% to15% mortality at...

Virtual ACC 2020 | COAPT: Better Quality of Life Translates into Harder End-Points

After transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip, the COAPT patients saw improved quality of life, better survival...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Unlike in TAVR, the Number of Mitral Valve Surgeries Does Not Improve the Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repairs

Soon, our website will feature an interesting study showing that sites with a higher number of conventional...

Percutaneous Annuloplasty in Functional Mitral Regurgitation vs. Sham Procedure

In cases where it is difficult to demonstrate the improvement of a drug or a device in...